Hope you had an amazing Christmas day yesterday! Want a lesson in gratitude? STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT & THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF?Get inspired by A GIRL WHO CAN’T GAIN WEIGHT and who’s been called the ‘Ugliest Woman In The World’

This VIDEO: http://youtu.be/c62Aqdlzvqk made me laugh and cry! VOTE “YES” or “NO” below.

24 year old Lizzie Velasquez was born with an extremely rare genetic syndrome that has (1) doesn’t allow her to gain weight, the most she’s ever weighed is 62 pounds (28kg) (2) causes her to age much more quickly than normal and (3) she’s blind in her right eye. When she was in high school, she found a video online that called her “the Ugliest woman in the world”. It had 4 million hits and people left comments like “do the world a favor and put a gun to your head”, “kill yourself”, “burn it with fire”.

Did Lizzie lay down and die? No!
Did she succumb to depression, hate or anger! No.
Instead she decided that she had a choice… We all do. We get to define ourselves.
She also decided to get grateful for what she has not obsessed with what she doesn’t.

— ARE YOU FEELING DEPRESSED BECA– — USE YOU ARE “TOO SKINNY” OR “TOO FAT”?
Well, first thing’s first… Find things about yourself that you do like! I actually clapped, when (in the video), Lizzie says, “I’ve got great hair!”Find reasons to LOVE yourself TODAY! Right NOW, regardless of your weight!
Watch the video, I don’t want to give everything away but she really is an inspiration.
Check it out!
love,
Kara
The Lifestylista
xox
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MERRY CHRISTMAS MY LOVE!!!! On this day, take the time to TELL the people you love that… YOU LOVE THEM! In the end that’s all that matters. Here are the FIVE THINGS that matter most – the 5 THINGS PEOPLE REGRET MOST ON THEIR DEATHBED: Bonnie Ware: “For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship.Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to the selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again. When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY! YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES.
Kara
The Lifestylista ®
xox
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— 1) Girl! Go to the supermarket in your sexiest dress or your skinny jeans and heels.Really go there looking your most fabulous, lipstick and all. This’ll remind you who you are and what you’re going forand you’ll get WAAAY better treatment from the staff. Heck, if you’re single you might even meet a potential new dude (supermarkets can be great for that!) and if you’re not single you might get reminded that you’ve still got it baby heheheheheh.

It’s been said that weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise (obviously this varies from person to person – if you’re an Olympic swimmer consuming an extraordinary amount of calories in your regular daily life this really won’t apply!). The point is… If what you eat is crucial, then your weight loss lives or dies based on what you put in that shopping trolley. So who you’re being when you’re buying that food will be a big factor in determining who you’re going to be that week or that month. You can almost predict your fat or slim future by looking in that trolley.

— 2) And whatever you do, go to the supermarket with a full stomach. If you shop hungry you’ll buy more and you’ll buy different kinds of food too.
That said, don’t go shopping with an “I’m deprived” attitude. You can buy whatever you want, any sort of play food, just remember that you’re really looking to be eating cleanly and healthily – a nutrient dense diet – 75 to 90% of the time. So it’s not that you “can’t have a donut”, it’s that you’re not living on donuts! Heck this is for your health not just weight loss – you’ll live longer, look younger, have more energy, go to the bathroom more regularly (LOL), feel sexier, have better skin and hair… The list goes on! And you’ll be slimmer.

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I’m about to ADMIT THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY I PUT MY BIKINI COMPETITION ON HOLDwhile I made this new site for you. Truth is, I saw the Anaconda video www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs! Now I know I CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE EVEN AN INCH FROM MY BEHIND!Not even a pinch of an inch. Don’t judge LOL 🙂

WHAT do YOU think? “OMG: Woman Gets PUNCHED IN THE FACE On Live TV & Everyone Just Seems Cool With It!”. Can this ever be right – no matter what the provocation?There’s a Russian TV show where the person who keeps their hands on the car longest wins the car. This girl was (as part of the game) annoying the guy beside her so he’d leave the car and lose the game. He snapped, hit her and then the other 3 women in the game BLAMED THE GIRL WHO WAS HIT… I know every culture has their own norms about this issue but what do you think?

SO 🙁 VERY SAD – WHAT DO YOU THINK? Young BOY WANTS TO DIE because of BULLIES AT SCHOOL! “I just don’t want to be in this world if somebody don’t want to be my friend.”Sometimes we forget what it was like to be a kid. And we also forget the isolation and the pain a bullied kid feels. As this little boy explains that his Mom will be SAD that he really does want to die but he can’t help it… is heartbreaking. He says he’s got no one on his side and no one who wants to be his friend and they pick on him everyday. Hearing his Aunt’s voice cracking as she films him is damned painful.

I’m here rooting for you!

love,

Kara

The Lifestylista ®

xox

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